<![CDATA[Could Kirk Cousins Follow Kyle Shanahan to the Browns?]]> Washington Redskins: Could Kirk Cousins Follow Kyle Shanahan to the Cleveland Browns?

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By Drexel Perry16 hours ago
COMMENTARY | The Washington Redskins should be paying very close attention to the Cleveland Browns as they search for a new offensive coordinator.

According to recent media reports, the Browns are talking with former Redskins' offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan about a potential job opportunity. If Shanahan ends up in Cleveland, it would make perfect sense for both franchises to get together and strike a deal involving quarterback Kirk Cousins.

Here's why Cousins joining forces with Shanahan in Cleveland would be an ideal fit for both the Redskins and the Browns.

Why the Redskins should be eager to reunite Cousins and Shanahan in Cleveland

The Browns are the ideal trade partner as the Redskins attempt to get the best possible draft pick compensation in exchange for their talented young backup quarterback.

Courtesy of the infamous Trent Richardson trade with the Indianapolis Colts, the Browns are armed with an additional first round selection in the 2014 NFL Draft. Although the Redskins chances of getting a first-rounder in exchange for Cousins are slim, perhaps the Browns could be willing to part ways with their lower first-round pick if they hire Kyle Shanahan as the team's next offensive coordinator.

Cousins' value to the Browns would be higher than any other team, due to the potential presence of the coordinator who's provided tutelage to the young quarterback from the beginning of his NFL career. So if there's one team that could deal a first for Cousins, it could be the Browns if they hire Shanahan.

Even if the Browns aren't willing to sacrifice a first in return for one of the game's hottest young quarterback prospects, they still own some other draft picks that could be appealing to the Redskins.

Cleveland's second-rounder is only one spot below the one that belong to the Redskins, so that pick could be enticing to Washington. The Browns also possess an additional third round draft pick that waspreviously owned by the Pittsburgh Steelers. With that pick in hand, maybe the Browns would be willing to deal their own third-rounder for Cousins.

The Redskins would be sitting pretty if they're able to acquire any of the previously mentioned picks from the Browns for the rights to Cousins. Hopefully, Shanahan goes to Cleveland so the potentially appeasing trade on paper can morph into reality.

Why the Browns would benefit from a Shanahan, Cousins package deal

By employing Mike Shanahan's son, the Browns would attain the services of a young coordinator who despite so-so results in Washington, still possesses the potential to become one of the league's better offensive strategists.

By trading for Cousins, the Browns would provide Shanahan with a player he's helped shape and mold into a quality signal caller. With talented playmakers Josh Gordon and Jordan Cameron already on board, reeling in Cousins would give the Browns the makings of a potentially explosive offense.

Of course, if the Browns want to acquire a talented young quarterback, they could just simply select one with one of the draft picks they already have. Owners of the fourth overall selection in this year's NFL Draft, the Browns could easily end up with the likes of Johnny Manziel, Teddy Twatwater or Blake Bortles.

However, if Shanahan gets hired, the Browns could utilize the fourth overall pick to concentrate on a position other than quarterback in their attempt to improve their team. Meanwhile, they could use one of the other selections previously mentioned to land themselves a signal caller who already has a rapport with their new offensive coordinator, if they hire him.

Hopefully, Shanahan will land with the Browns, which would pave the way for an eventual trade involving Cousins and the Redskins in a move that would make sense for both organizations.

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XxDaBuckeyexX said:

QB injuries doesnt necessarily indicate bad OLine play. Neither does sacks. Its all about the QB feeling the pressure and getting the ball out quick. Its the unit playing as a whole. I said we have better personnel on the line than the Broncos, not that they have performed any better. One weak link can make the unit look bad, and that includes the QB.

Beat protectionwe had last year is when Barniage was in helping blocking.

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@cdl15 said:

HHard to argue that fact with 3 or 4 qb injuries last year.

QB injuries doesnt necessarily indicate bad OLine play. Neither does sacks. Its all about the QB feeling the pressure and getting the ball out quick. Its the unit playing as a whole. I said we have better personnel on the line than the Broncos, not that they have performed any better. One weak link can make the unit look bad, and that includes the QB.]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/383719https://brownsboard.com/post/383719Sun, 02 Feb 2014 01:36:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Could Kirk Cousins Follow Kyle Shanahan to the Browns? on Sun, 02 Feb 2014 01:32:06 GMT]]>

XxDaBuckeyexX said:

I would argue our O Line is better than Denvers...

HHard to argue that fact with 3 or 4 qb injuries last year.

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@miktoxic said:

sure. let's stop fucking around and risking another top 4 pick with someone who is just over-inflated with hype and do something smart for a change.

how about the idea of having hoyer as your starting QB next year? do you want me to pull up all your posts on how you had a boner for him last year we he won 2 flipping games?

there is NO guarantee that any of these little fucking bugs will ever make it in the NFL. NONE. if so, show me the proof? you can't because they haven't even taken a snap in the big boy league.

take watkins or clowney or matthews depending what you think is the most critical position that needs to be filled. then bide your time @26 and if you see a bortles still on the board @ 20 use a draft pick and move up to get him. then go about your biz as usual.

this psychobabble freakish speed induced frenzy that we have to pick a FRANCHISE qb @4 is just ridiculous.

ok johnnyfootball fans.........if we do get him (and there better be any trades ivolved) do you think we automatically are a playoff contender? NO! WRONG! if anything we let him (or any other qb) sit and learn until god forbid hoyer does a 180 slide on his face again and then all of a sudden our backup will have to come in and play. well are all you fags willing to risk the next 5 years of our upswing to be cut down by a jj watts or an orakapo (god forbid suh) with a hit on an ice skater?

5 years is a lifetime in this league and if things don't work out as planned be ready for an owner that wants to sell the team, everyone top to bottom fired and the franchise paying for a hover-round with oxygen tank and iv support systems for our #1 pick.

stay pat, use our picks on everything else a QB (unless the diamond in the rough is there @26) and look at next year's QB class, which IMO will easily outweigh these over-hyped little sparrows.

Missing on first round QBs doesnt hamstring franchises like it did 5 years ago. The rookie wage scale changed everything. No, I dont believe its guaranteed that if we get one of these guys we are a lock for the playoffs no matter what. No matter who we pick, be it Clowney, Watkins, Robinson, Matthews, Barr, they all have inherent risks. But I can guarantee that if we do hit on a QB, we're perennial contenders for the next 5-6 years at least. I cant say that with any other position. Honestly, Id be excited as fuck if we draft anything other than a QB at 4. That means the front office has a lot more faith in Hoyer than I do, and they believe hes the real deal. I certainly hope thats the case.]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/383715https://brownsboard.com/post/383715Sun, 02 Feb 2014 01:32:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Could Kirk Cousins Follow Kyle Shanahan to the Browns? on Sun, 02 Feb 2014 00:56:04 GMT]]>

XxDaBuckeyexX said:

Gotta keep swinging.

yep.

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XxDaBuckeyexX said:

Figure out who your favorite is, determine his value, make sure u get him. Period.

sure. let's stop fucking around and risking another top 4 pick with someone who is just over-inflated with hype and do something smart for a change.

how about the idea of having hoyer as your starting QB next year? do you want me to pull up all your posts on how you had a boner for him last year we he won 2 flipping games?

there is NO guarantee that any of these little fucking bugs will ever make it in the NFL. NONE. if so, show me the proof? you can't because they haven't even taken a snap in the big boy league.

take watkins or clowney or matthews depending what you think is the most critical position that needs to be filled. then bide your time @26 and if you see a bortles still on the board @ 20 use a draft pick and move up to get him. then go about your biz as usual.

this psychobabble freakish speed induced frenzy that we have to pick a FRANCHISE qb @4 is just ridiculous.

ok johnnyfootball fans.........if we do get him (and there better be any trades ivolved) do you think we automatically are a playoff contender? NO! WRONG! if anything we let him (or any other qb) sit and learn until god forbid hoyer does a 180 slide on his face again and then all of a sudden our backup will have to come in and play. well are all you fags willing to risk the next 5 years of our upswing to be cut down by a jj watts or an orakapo (god forbid suh) with a hit on an ice skater?

5 years is a lifetime in this league and if things don't work out as planned be ready for an owner that wants to sell the team, everyone top to bottom fired and the franchise paying for a hover-round with oxygen tank and iv support systems for our #1 pick.

stay pat, use our picks on everything else a QB (unless the diamond in the rough is there @26) and look at next year's QB class, which IMO will easily outweigh these over-hyped little sparrows.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/383690https://brownsboard.com/post/383690Sun, 02 Feb 2014 00:49:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Could Kirk Cousins Follow Kyle Shanahan to the Browns? on Sat, 01 Feb 2014 23:34:22 GMT]]>Looks like this could become a reality. Damn I'm smart.

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@hoorta said:

So will picking a Ryan Leaf, Joey Harrington, Matt Leinart, or Akilli Smith. If you deem the talent there, go for it- if not, pass. Jameis Winston is better than any of the"franchise qbs" in this years draft- probably Mairotta too.

Weren't those guys seen as better prospects then this years draft?

Maybe not Akili but certainly the others.

WSS

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@hoorta said:

So will picking a Ryan Leaf, Joey Harrington, Matt Leinart, or Akilli Smith. If you deem the talent there, go for it- if not, pass. Jameis Winston is better than any of the"franchise qbs" in this years draft- probably Mairotta too.

Well it certainly put them one step closer to Phillip Rivers, Matt Stafford, Kurt Warner/Carson Palmer, and Andy Dalton. Gotta keep swinging. I have no aspirations of picking top 5 again next year so those two guys are not options next year...and I wouldn't say they are any better than what's available this year. Winston seems dumb as a box of rocks and Mariota isnt any bigger than Bridgewater and Manziel.]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/383502https://brownsboard.com/post/383502Fri, 31 Jan 2014 20:21:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Could Kirk Cousins Follow Kyle Shanahan to the Browns? on Fri, 31 Jan 2014 19:42:31 GMT]]>

@hoorta said:

So will picking a Ryan Leaf, Joey Harrington, Matt Leinart, or Akilli Smith. If you deem the talent there, go for it- if not, pass. Jameis Winston is better than any of the"franchise qbs" in this years draft- probably Mairotta too.

Yea, it is a concern that that is what this QB crop could turn into.

But then, some say that Winston has a lot of Jamarcus Russell in him

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XxDaBuckeyexX said:

correction, not having QBs kills teams.

So will picking a Ryan Leaf, Joey Harrington, Matt Leinart, or Akilli Smith. If you deem the talent there, go for it- if not, pass. Jameis Winston is better than any of the"franchise qbs" in this years draft- probably Mairotta too.

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@hunt-daddy said:

I'm going to say I doubt he follows Shanahan here because it looks like Shanahan's interview went very poorly.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000320589/article/kyle-shanahans-interview-with-browns-didnt-go-as-planned

First, how the hell does this type of info get out so quickly? Our FO seems awfully leaky... It could be the interviewee, but seldom do you run out and proclaim to the world how shitty your interview went.

Second, (as I think a new thread here also says) the linked article announced that the FO had tabbed our new QB coach? Wow... is there anything else we can do to make our OC position less attractive?

@jcam222 said:

Stretching for picks is what kills teams.

Yup... certainly the case in Round one.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/383484https://brownsboard.com/post/383484Fri, 31 Jan 2014 19:27:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Could Kirk Cousins Follow Kyle Shanahan to the Browns? on Fri, 31 Jan 2014 17:18:23 GMT]]>Figure out who your favorite is, determine his value, make sure u get him. Period.

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@jcam222 said:

If we assess that none of them are truly franchise QB's at pick 4 or less we certainly do not HAVE to take one of them in the first round. Stretching for picks is what kills teams.

correction, not having QBs kills teams.]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/383450https://brownsboard.com/post/383450Fri, 31 Jan 2014 17:17:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Could Kirk Cousins Follow Kyle Shanahan to the Browns? on Fri, 31 Jan 2014 17:11:59 GMT]]>

XxDaBuckeyexX said:

You need to open your eyes. 4 QBs will go first round, all with "franchise" QB potential. Sorry if none give you a boner, but we HAVE to take one.

If we assess that none of them are truly franchise QB's at pick 4 or less we certainly do not HAVE to take one of them in the first round. Stretching for picks is what kills teams.

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@tour2ma said:

"Grossman" and "coach" just don't go together in my brain...

I don't know. Most of the best coaches really were quite average players. Of the current crop of NFL HCs only Jim Harbaugh and Jeff Fisher could probably be said to have been "above average" NFL players. I am not sure that Grossman can be called above average...so maybe he could be a good coach.

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@westside-steve said:

Shanahan reportedly likes Grossman and Grossman reportedly knows Shanahan's system and will serve as a playing coach. You may have mistaken me, for someone who is pimping Grossman or Kirk Cousins. I'm not. All I was saying is that neither I nor any of the analysts I have read see a blue ship quarterback in this draft. Could be that Lombardi and Banner are a lot smarter than they seem to have been given credit for here and will pull a rabbit out of their collective hats.

But if the rumors are true that Kyle Shanahan was at odds with rg3 then it would stand to reason that there will be problems between him and Johnny Manziel. Maybe Johnny isn't the guy at the front office really wants and it's just a smoke screen.

WSS

Some reports say the Shanahan interview didn't go well and it wouldn't surprise me to hear that the Browns' love for Manziel has something to do with it.

I've also read Shanahan is a guy who forces players into his system and is not willing to adapt to the players. Basically the opposite philosophy of what Pettine stated.

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XxDaBuckeyexX said:

You need to open your eyes. 4 QBs will go first round, all with "franchise" QB potential. Sorry if none give you a boner, but we HAVE to take one.

Of course if you still have a boner for one of them after a couple sub .500 seasons, well see a physician immediately.

WSS

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@hunt-daddy said:

I'm going to say I doubt he follows Shanahan here because it looks like Shanahan's interview went very poorly.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000320589/article/kyle-shanahans-interview-with-browns-didnt-go-as-planned

Well he probably doesn't need the money right yet and there will certainly be more coordinator jobs open up next season. And if he had a conflict with rg3 and his pop about what kind of offense he wanted to run I can't imagine him coming in and sayings sure Mr banner whatever you say. We shall see.

WSS

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XxDaBuckeyexX said:

You need to open your eyes. 4 QBs will go first round, all with "franchise" QB potential. Sorry if none give you a boner, but we HAVE to take one.

we do?? Baaaaa baaaaa]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/383338https://brownsboard.com/post/383338Fri, 31 Jan 2014 02:36:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Could Kirk Cousins Follow Kyle Shanahan to the Browns? on Fri, 31 Jan 2014 02:21:33 GMT]]>

@cdl15 said:

I understand that I don't see a franchise qb in this draft tho. And gettin kirk would end all 1st round qb talk.....I hope

You need to open your eyes. 4 QBs will go first round, all with "franchise" QB potential. Sorry if none give you a boner, but we HAVE to take one.]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/383335https://brownsboard.com/post/383335Fri, 31 Jan 2014 02:21:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Could Kirk Cousins Follow Kyle Shanahan to the Browns? on Fri, 31 Jan 2014 01:06:34 GMT]]>I understand that I don't see a franchise qb in this draft tho. And gettin kirk would end all 1st round qb talk.....I hope

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@cdl15 said:

so a Redskins team that was way worse offensively in 2013 than in2012 is proof. By those standards Washington Should be looking for new qb this year

fair point, overall however I just don't see Cousins being worth anything more than a 4th round pick.

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@jcam222 said:

better question is what is YOUR fucking point. You think that one game actually is indicative of how Cousins can play as opposed to the larger data set of 5 games in 2013?? I think not. That game was in 2012 as well where our defense stunk even worse.

so a Redskins team that was way worse offensively in 2013 than in2012 is proof. By those standards Washington Should be looking for new qb this year]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/383313https://brownsboard.com/post/383313Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:08:40 GMT